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  • Calendar

    April 12, 2012

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY

    TODD GLASS

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Two-Year Citrus Quarantine in Eastern Los Angeles County

    We knew it was only a matter of time. After watching Brazil's and Florida's citrus get decimated by Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) -- to the tune of billions of dollars -- we knew that despite rigorous agriculture checkpoints, testing and restrictions, California would probably be next. The bug, the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Brenmar: His Goal as a DJ Is to Get You Laid

    Hearing a DJ throw on the one song you never thought you'd hear other than on your own iTunes playlist will seal your allegiance to him. By spinning Supa Blanco's slurry Southern underground anthem "I Bet I Do," Brenmar did just that when he opened for Iggy Azalea's recent, supa anticipated show. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    The Fooducate iPhone App: Scan Favorite Foods At Your Own Risk

    Does your New Year's resolution have you up against a wall yet? Introducing the Fooducate app, an app available for iPhones that helps the average food consumer shop for grocery foods. The app works like a scanner; it scans the barcode of foodstuffs and immediately produces a nutritional breakdown i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Marijuana App Coming to an iPhone Near You Promises to Tell You What Kind of Bud You're Smoking (Trip Out, Right?)

    StrainBrain.com​It always amazed us that, in a world where marijuana is supposed to be medicine, so little is known about what, exactly, different strains and types do to your membrane. Sure, there are buds named for Chuck Norris and Michael Phelps, and your friendly, neighborhood dispenser wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Japanese Indie Pop: The Beginner's Guide to Shibuya-Kei

    Shannon CottrellShibuya-kei influenced band The Aprils played Meltdown Comics in L.A. ​ In our recent posts on bands like Anamanaguchi, The Aprils and The Lady Spade, you might have noticed references to Shibuya-kei, the '90s-centric style of indie, almost always electronic, pop that centered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    The UnderDawg: Ab-Soul's "LongTerm Mentality" Starts Paying Off

    ​Back before ScHoolboy Q, the third artist to be fired like a cannonball from the TopDawg Entertainment camp, sold out his first solo show at the Key Club, we theorized that the local label was strategizing the rap game like a war. With two of its artists, Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar, rising t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    8 Things You Need to Know About Music in the Cloud

    cloud music...​ The future is almost here. Except for the part with jet packs and holographic television. The part that is here? Cloud based music storage. WTF is that, you might be wondering, and why should I care? Herewith we will tell you what it is, why it's important, and how it affects ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Village Voice Media's "Best Of..." App Goes Live

    ​Exciting news from the mother ship: The Village Voice Media "Best Of..." app, featuring 10,000 of the best things to eat, drink, see, hear and buy all over the nation, is now available for free in the iTunes store. Looking for the Best Banana Cream Pie or Best Chicken Salad? We've got you co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    A Tale of Two Twitterers: Phonte and Questlove Anoint L.A. Songstresses KING

    KING, touched by the almighty hand of Twitter ​Last night around 8:45, former Little Brother lyricist and current Foreign Exchange crooner Phonte's Twitter timeline showed that he'd just "liked" a song on iTunes by someone named KING. Then he left a review on iTunes. He then gave thanks to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Project Fishmap, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Newest App: Almost as Much Fun as Angry Birds

    ​Here's something new to add to your phone if you're a seafood lover. No, not a bluefin tuna version of Angry Birds, although that would be kind of fun. Slightly more useful is Project FishMap, a new feature of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch app, which lets you tag any of more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Free Music: DJ Rap (Metasyn) Remixes Crystal Method's 'Sine Language' Featuring LMFAO

    The gang's all here.​L.A.-born big beat kings Crystal Method are doing a hometown set at the Avalon on Friday night and West Coast Sound has got a an exclusive remix of their latest single in honor of the occasion. In its original iteration, "Sine Language" is a moody, synthesizer-driven 6-mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    A Star is Born!: Antoine Dodson Performs Live at the BET Awards

    Antoine Dodson, bigger than Tay Zonday​The BET Hip-Hop Awards (broadcast last night) displayed the kind of charming surprises that the super-contrived MTV Awards have become too bloated to provide. We already told you about MC Hammer's appearance with closet Hammerhead Rick Ross, but later in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Now Downloading: Mario Batali, Cook's Illustrated & Salsa-Making Apps

    iTunes​ Whether you've got an iPhone, iPad, a Droid or a Blackberry, the application marketplace is an ever-growing beast of super-sized proportions. Especially when it comes to cooking programs. In the past we've shared the professional chefs' favorite apps, baker and blogger David Lebovitz' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    TGIF Mix: D-Formation's Tribal-Tech Journey Reigns In Spain

    D-Formation.​Spain is becoming the new Berlin in dance music. Jimmy Van M, Chus & Ceballos and D-Formation have been turning out some fresh DJ mixes from the Iberian Peninsula. The latter provides our latest TGIF mix, a groovy, tribal-tech journey, via the dependable podcast series from YoshiR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    TGIF Mix: DJ Chus Brings The Tribal Goodness

    ​In the era of Daft Punk acolytes, hip-hop-trance sounds and pop-chart electronic music, it might be anachronistic to espouse tribal house music. Despite the dizzying new influences in clubland, no one brings a fresher, more urgent dance-floor vibe than Spain's tribal king, DJ Chus. His lates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Internet Sensation Antoine Dodson and Auto-Tune the News Sell 'Bed Intruder' on iTunes

    Antoine Dodson and Auto-Tune the News could make a mint off of "Bed Intruder"​Yet another one for News of the Weird. In a savvy if not morally ambiguous move, the Auto-Tune the News people and their unlikely foil-turned-hero Antoine Dodson have released their song, "Bed Intruder" to the iTune ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Winery Road Trip: Cliff Lede's New Platinum Playlist Classic Rock Tasting

    There are certain specific rules for drinking and listening, say, Johnny Cash with cheap beer (should prison water prove difficult to procure) and just about any wine with jazz. Unless you're opening a bottle of Cliff Lede, which is a classic rock-only leaning vineyard. When it opened several year ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2010

    The Bob Bendick Podcast

    There are certain specific rules for drinking and listening, say, Johnny Cash with cheap beer (should prison water prove difficult to procure) and just about any wine with jazz. Unless you're opening a bottle of Cliff Lede, which is a classic rock-only leaning vineyard. When it opened several year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Wait. Think. Fast. Debuts New Single and Video Filmed at La Cita Bar

    Wait. Think. Fast. Debuts New Single and Video Filmed at La Cita Bar

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Top 10 Holiday Gifts: Presents for Foodies

    For some people, food is just the stuff we eat, but for others, it's a bit more important. Take your mother, whose favorite television show is Top Chef and who staged a Quickfire Gravy Challenge at Thanksgiving this year. From the boyfriend who says "yes chef!" when you're boiling pasta for dinner t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Rhino to Release 'Digital 45s,' with A-sides, B-sides and Original (PDF) Sleeves

    In ongoing effort to bring weird little songs from Rhino's catalog to the top of the digital avalanche, the legendary LA reissue label is launching a new series of so-called 'digital 45s.' This morning the label announced the program: Rhino will spotlight songs originally issued on 45 by offering t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    New HEALTH 7": "Die Slow" Underscores the Hidden Power of Rave Sounds

    The e-tards understood something that many of us long forget in the haze of the rave life: that freaky dumb synthesized noises played at full volume and with great intensity SOUND REALLY AMAZING.

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Segmentation Fault: Rebooting Positronic Brain, See You All Again on April 6

    Kevin ScanlonOn my bio, it says that I'm an actor, writer, husband and father. I love being every one of these things, and somehow I've managed to strike a good balance among them in the ten years I've kept all these plates spinning in my life.It's been remarkable that I've managed to keep them all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Tonight at the Fonda: Airborne Toxic Event Go Worldwide (Just to Spite the Haters)

    Erin Broadley Something really weird is going on with the Airborne Toxic Event, like, next-level kinda stuff. All the sudden the band that many jealous Angelenos love to hate -- and just as many pine to chant along with -- is selling out East Coast venues, is stomping across Europe and making legit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    iTunes to Go DRM free, Drop Some Prices, Raise Others

    A few weeks ago after a visit to the Mac repair shop for my ailing MacBook, one of my favorite albums of the year, the soundtrack to Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, stopped working on my iTunes because I apparently had used the music on too many computers. Which was a load of crap, of course. I had ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Vegas, Baby! Vegas! An Incomplete Guide to Lounge Music

    I watched a lot of movies when I was a kid, frequently imagining myself in some of my favorites. In 1977, the movie was Star Wars and I was Han Solo (like most geeks, I was really Luke Skywalker, but he was so whiny and Han was so cool!) In 1982, the movie was Tron, and I was Flynn, using my supreme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    5 Albums in 9 Years = VP at EMI

    New EMI VP to bank on the awesome power of Rush to revitalize the music industry in the 21st century Once upon a time the people who ran record labels were quite simply music freaks. They were producers like Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic, tastemakers like Tony Wilson at Factory, or musicians like Ian M ... More >>

  • Music

    April 3, 2008

    Silver Lake's CMH Label Strikes Gold With Two Oddball Ideas

    New EMI VP to bank on the awesome power of Rush to revitalize the music industry in the 21st century Once upon a time the people who ran record labels were quite simply music freaks. They were producers like Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic, tastemakers like Tony Wilson at Factory, or musicians like Ian M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Radiohead: Reviewing the Price You Paid

    Once upon a time, the music editor and maybe 1 or 2 others at LA Weekly would have gotten an advance of a hotly anticipated new album, often months before street date. There's also a good chance it would have then sat in the back seat of that person's car until after street date. Radiohead made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Amazon's MP3 Bargains

    Amazon.com launched their new MP3 store today to go head to head with Apple's iTunes store. In a nice bit of irony the #1 selling song on Amazon was "1234" by Feist, which is popular because it's played in an Apple commercial. Amazon's songs are DRM-free and 256k which are the big selling points. ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Power Pop Ain't Noise Pollution

    Amazon.com launched their new MP3 store today to go head to head with Apple's iTunes store. In a nice bit of irony the #1 selling song on Amazon was "1234" by Feist, which is popular because it's played in an Apple commercial. Amazon's songs are DRM-free and 256k which are the big selling points. ... More >>

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    Math Rock, M.I.A., and the Secret of iTunes Plus

    Amazon.com launched their new MP3 store today to go head to head with Apple's iTunes store. In a nice bit of irony the #1 selling song on Amazon was "1234" by Feist, which is popular because it's played in an Apple commercial. Amazon's songs are DRM-free and 256k which are the big selling points. ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Phone Sex, Kiss-offs and Showmances

    Hollywood starts new year with a bang

  • Music

    August 17, 2006

    Rippin' & Dippin'

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • Stage

    August 17, 2006

    Vintage Evenings at the Ford: Christopher O'Riley

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Giant Village's Summer in the City

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • Stage

    July 6, 2006

    Looking on the Dark Side

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    5 Wonderful Things

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    5 Wonderful Things

    Move over, mashups! Now there’s somethin’ meatier: DJ Girl Talk’s Night Ripper

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Blogs & iPods & Jay-Z & (non-ironic) Metal

    The Hipster’s musical year-end predictions and post-game analysis

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Laptop Laserium

    Used in concert by Seal — Seal! — G-Force is one trippy-ass program

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Bubblegum Hip-hop and a Band With three Test Icicles

    Used in concert by Seal — Seal! — G-Force is one trippy-ass program

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Foghat Does Quaaludes, Wille Does Reggae

    Used in concert by Seal — Seal! — G-Force is one trippy-ass program

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    Baby Love

    The hippie-capitalist wisdom of CD Baby founder Derek Sivers, hero to 93,000 indie musicians and counting

  • Music

    June 2, 2005

    The Psychic Hipster’s Pop 10

    The hippie-capitalist wisdom of CD Baby founder Derek Sivers, hero to 93,000 indie musicians and counting

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Hi, Robot!

    Handpicked for Beck EP, local androids get drunk, stoked, bummed

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    3 Myths About the Recording Industry Debunked

    Handpicked for Beck EP, local androids get drunk, stoked, bummed

  • Columns

    July 18, 2002

    Subterranean Speed-Freak Blues

    Handpicked for Beck EP, local androids get drunk, stoked, bummed

  • Columns

    February 28, 2002

    Things That Mean Things

    Handpicked for Beck EP, local androids get drunk, stoked, bummed

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